Exam 2: Lecture 4 Flashcards
One problem that has the general structure of Garrett Hardin’s “herdsman dilemma,”
Over-population
What Often leads us to add members to Our families.
Self interest
`human beings will very soon _______________in Order to_________
have to begin “COOperating” and coordinating Our efforts” , limit the increasing human population.
Malthus”S Postulata:
(i) Food is necessary to the existence of man.
(ii) The passion between sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state.
(iii) The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power on earth to produce subsistence for man.
Malthus”S Postulata:
(i) ______
(ii) The passion between sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state.
(iii) The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power on earth to produce subsistence for man.
(i) Food is necessary to the existence of man.
Malthus”S Postulata:
(i) Food is necessary to the existence of man.
(ii) ________
(iii) The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power on earth to produce subsistence for man.
(ii) The passion between sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state.
Malthus”S Postulata:
(i) Food is necessary to the existence of man.
(ii) The passion between sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state.
(iii) _____
(iii) The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power on earth to produce subsistence for man.
Malthus’s Third Claim suggests that while food production for subsistence increases________, human population increases ________.
arithmetically, exponentially or geometrically
Arithmetic Growth
According to Malthus, food production is likely to continue to increase in the ratio of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 &c.
Geometric Grouth.
According to Malthus, human populations will increase exponentially in the ratio of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, &c.
IF each human family were ___________; if the children improvident parents _______; if, thus, over breeding brought __________—then there would be no public interest ____________. But our society is deeply committed to the welfare state
- dependent only on its own resources,
- starved to death,
- its own “punishment” to the germ line,
- in controlling the breeding of families
quote by Garret Hardin page 437
The Universal Declaration of Human rights
describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society.
(It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocabley rest witht he family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else. )
Herdsman dillemma: It seems an obvious intrusion______ to have governments telling citizens ________ On the Other hand, when every individual believes and behaves in this manner,________________, degraded, and ruined along with their exploiters.
- on human rights,
- how many kids to have.,
- the commons are ever more quickly filled,
The Earth is
our commons
The population limit that the earth can maintain is
its carrying capacity
